The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mbalenhle Mathwebula & Bongeka Gumbi finished 634th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:50:10.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:44 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:59.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:40Running 1 7:53v median +2:53
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 7:46v median +1:06
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Block 03 13:04Running 3 8:14v median +1:17
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 8:11v median +1:13
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Block 05 14:36Running 5 8:45v median +1:42
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Block 06 11:11Running 6 9:27v median +2:28
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 8:32v median +1:30
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 9:28v median +2:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 774
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 774 women's teams who finished.